The Party and the Guests

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The Party and the Guests

"Maybe one day the Czechs will see this picture again."

1966

1h 10m

6.9(38 votes)

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A picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up.

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68 members

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Ivan Vyskočil

Treater

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Jan Klusák

Rudolf

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Jiří Němec

Josef

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Pavel Bošek

Frantisek

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Karel Mareš

Karel

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Directing

Evald Schorm

Husband

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Zdena Škvorecká

Eva

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Helena Pejšková

Marta

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Jana Prachařová

Lady

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Miloň Novotný

Groom

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Dana Němcová

Bride Olinka

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Antonín Pražák

Antonín

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Josef Podaný

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Otakar Bohata

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Vladimír Tvrz

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Jiří Kovařík

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Adolf Široký

Host

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Vincenc Vávra

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Josef Hrbek

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Jaromír Komínek

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Václav Vodák

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Jiří Macháně

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Ctibor Sobotka

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Zdeněk Mošnička

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Alois Mottl

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Stanislav Partl

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Vl. Simín

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Josef Elis

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Pavel Šilhánek

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Oldřich Lepšík

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Jan Svoboda

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Boh. Dvořák

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Pavel Jaderník

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Marie Jančová

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Herbert Kisza

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Karel Volf

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Jana Mašíková

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Vilém Nademlejnský

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Jana Nováková

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Emanuel Pejška

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Irena Pejšková

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Herbert Koza

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Jiří Reichl

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J. Tolar

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František A. Dvořák

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Antonín Kolářský

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Václav Rath

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V. Maršálek

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E. Vach

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Jitka Bodláková

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Michal Bošek

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Jakub Gregor

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Zdena Horová

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Jiřina Jandová

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Marie Smejkalová

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Marie Karezová

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Josef Škvorecký

Guest #1

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Otta Kutil

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Božena Soukupová

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Marie Vávrová

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Zuzana Vyskočilová

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Helena Vyskočilová

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Naďa Tronerová

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Helena Šindelářová

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Marta Tvrzová

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Marie Simínová

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Olga Bošková

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H. Ťukalová

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